Pull-over pouch

ABSTRACT

It is the objective of the present invention to provide a hand warming pull-over pouch which is not sewn directly to a pull-over but is inserted into the pull-over&#39;s front pocket wherein the pull-over pouch may or may not include a secondary pocket located and sewn onto its outside or inside to be used in housing or holding a wearer&#39;s phone, wallet, credit cards or keys and the like. The present invention is a pull-over pouch comprising of a pouch dimensioned to temporarily fit within a pull-over&#39;s pocket wherein the exterior of the pull-over pouch is formed from polyester, or any suitable material. The pull-over pouch lining or interior may be formed of fur or any another suitable material to keep the hands of a pull-over wearer warm. In one embodiment the article may be an article of clothing.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to upper body garments. More specifically,the invention relates to pull-overs which may be worn to accommodateatmospheric conditions and activities of the wearer. The invention moreparticularly pertains to pockets and in particular relates to a handwarming pouch for insertion into a pull-over's front central pocket.

BACKGROUND ART

The need for a warm upper body garment, e.g. coat and jacket, has alwaysbeen important for humanity. In regions which experience coldtemperatures, it has been found that heat transfer from a person's headand extremities, e.g. arms and legs (particularly the hands and feet) ismost critical. This is because the ratio of surface area to mass ishighest in these areas, and human activity is often predicated uponhaving at least a portion of the head and hands being exposed, i.e.uncovered at times.

In cold-weather the use of an upper body garment such as a pull-over,that slows the heat transfer from a wearer's body, which typicallyoccurs in several specific areas. In general, the wearer's heat transferis through the body and arms of the garment. This heat loss may becontrolled by varying the insulative value of the pull-over material,and/or as commonly practiced, by layering of shirts, sweaters, etc.under the outer garment. Heat transfer from the hands and lower arms isalso very important wherein many cold weather activities require theuncovering of the fingers or of the entire hand(s) at times.

In the field of upper body garments, the art is filled with a plethoraof designs and configurations of hand coverings which may be used withor be a part of a cold weather jacket. These prior art apparel itemswere generally intended to providing a particular function. Some of thehand coverings provide for alternative use as mittens and fingeredgloves. In U.S. Pat. No. 3,214,771 to Treiber, a mitten is contained ina zippered pocket in a coat sleeve. The mitten may be retracted andpositioned over the cuff for wear. U.S. Pat. No. 5,504,944 to Bromer etal. discloses a jacket sleeve with an opening through which a thumb maybe placed to retain the sleeve over a portion of the hand, when nomittens or gloves are used. In U.S. Pat. No. 2,274,335 to Kennedy, amitten is shown with a full-width aperture in the palm, permitting auser's fingers to slide out of the mitten to handle keys, tickets andthe like. A welt along the edge of the aperture serves to close theaperture and provide a supplemental grip for grasping a steering wheel.

None of the above references provides a unitary hand covering or handwarming pouch which may function as a full glove, or full mitten inassociation with a pull-over pocket.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The objective of the present invention is to provide a hand warmingpouch which is not sewn directly to a pull-over but is inserted into thepull-over's front pocket wherein the pull-over pouch may include asecondary pocket located and sewn onto its outside for use in housing orholding a wearer's phone, wallet, credit card or keys and the like.

According to the present invention there is a provided pouch dimensionedto temporarily fit within a pull-over pocket wherein the exterior of thepouch is may be formed from polyester, or formed from any other suitablematerial. The pouch lining or interior may be formed of fur or anyanother suitable material to keep the hands of a pull-over wearer warm.In one embodiment the article may be an article of clothing.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front view of a typical pull-over or hooded garment having afront pocket for placement of a wearer's hands;

FIG. 2 is a front view of a pull-over hand warming pouch for temporaryinsertion into the front pocket of the pull-over shown in FIG. 1, and

FIG. 3 is a front view of a pull-over hand warming pouch having an outerpocket for temporary insertion into the front pocket having a of thepull-over shown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is a left and right side view of the pull-over hand warming pouchshown in FIG. 2.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

FIG. 1 is an example of a typical hooded garment 10 often referred to asa “hoody”. It should be understood that there are many different typesand styles of hoody or pull-overs commercially available, all of whichmay use the pull-over pouch 30 of the subject invention. Referring onceagain to FIG. 1, there is shown a front view of a commercially availablehoody or pull-over garment 18. The pull-over garment 10 also has sleeves12, usually but not always long sleeves 12, attached to a central bodyportion or garment body 11. The garment body 11 is designed to cover asubstantial portion of the wearer's upper torso (not shown) and the armsof the wearer (not shown) may be protected by two long sleeved portions12, for each arm. Each sleeve 12 has a sleeve opening that is well knownin the art. Typically, commercially available pull-overs have attachedat each end of the long sleeves 12, a stretchable cuff 14, while theopposite end of the long sleeve 12 is attached to a portion of garmentbody 11.

Turning once again to FIG. 1, the garment 10, may be formed of a tubularknitted fabric, such as a 2-end or 3-end fleece, nylon, water proof,flannel, canvas, or many warm weather textiles. Various patterning maybe used to form the constitute elements of the pull-over garment 10. Forexample, the garment body 11 may have front and rear main panels thatare sewn together. Once combined, each of the sleeves 12 may be formedand sewn for later attachment to the combined front and rear panels. Thepull-over garment 10, preferably has four openings, two openings foreach of the two arms, a stretchable bottom opening 16, near the wearer'swaist, and a neck opening for receiving the wearer's neck and head. Thecuffs 14, and/or bottom opening 16, could have a material possessingsufficient elasticity too snugly, but not uncomfortably, fit a wearer.

In the example shown by FIG. 1, a retractable hood 18, is separatelyformed and is connected to the garment body 10, at around the front andback of the wearer. The hood 18 preferably has two openings: one forreceiving the head and neck of the wearer, and a face opening forallowing the wearer to see through from the front of the hood 18. Theretractable hood 18 may include a drawstring 20, which is routed throughat least one sleeve or passage or channel along the periphery of theface opening of the hood 18. The wearer may reduce the effective size ofthe face opening of the hood 18, by merely pulling the drawstring 20thereby closing the frontal opening of the retractable hood 18. Thisreduction of the frontal opening of the retractable hood 18 provides agreater form of protection to the wearer. The body portion 11 or garmentbody 11 may have at least one central pocket or pouch or sleeve 26,having hand size openings 22, for the placement of contents or for thewearer to place their hands.

Referring now to FIG. 2, there is shown the pull-over 10 with pocket 26wherein the pull-over pouch 30 is inserted. The pull-over pouch 30 whichis the present invention may be of any shape and by way of example onlyis shown as one-half of an octagon. More specifically, in this examplethe pull-over pouch 30 of the present invention is slightly smaller andconfigured in the shape of the pull-over pocket 26 in which it isinserted. The front pocket of the pull-over garment 26 allows for theinsertion of a wearers hand (not shown) through openings 28 andfunctions in the same manner as the pull-over pouch 30. The pull-overpouch 30 of the present invention differs from the pull-over pocket 26in that its inner liner consists of a fur like material, keeping thewearer's hands warmer and more comfortable during cold weatherconditions as opposed to the thin fabric which forms a typicalcommercially available pull-over pocket 26.

Referring now to FIGS. 2 and 3, it is shown that the pull-over pouch 30is shaped in the same configuration as the pull-over pocket 26 of thepull-over wherein the pull-over pouch 30 is dimensioned smaller or equalto the pull-over pocket 26 for insertion into the pull-over pocket 26whereby insertion into the pull-over pocket is a snug fit. In apreferred embodiment shown in FIG. 3 the pull-over pouch 30 has at leastone outer or inner pocket 34 wherein the pocket may be just a simplepocket with standard top opening or forms at least one re-closeablemeans, wherein said re-closeable means may be selected from a groupconsisting of a zip, a Velcro, a snap-type button or a slider.

The first step for making the pull-over pouch 30 is to cut the outerpocket 34 out of the external material. Next is to cut external materialin the pattern for the pull-over pouch 30 then cut interior lining usingthe same pattern as the external material. It should be envisioned thatthe pull-over pouch 30 may come in varying sizes to match the varioussizes offered for a pull-over 10 such as extra-small, small, medium,large, extra-large and the like. The material for the pull-over pouch 30may be selected from a group comprising, a wool material, a cottonmaterial, a nylon-type material, a fire-retardant material, a moistureabsorbing material, a synthetic material or a fleece material or anyother suitable textile material.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, once the pattern has been cut, the top ofthe outer pocket 34 is folded over and sewn to create a clean edge forthe top of the outer pocket 34. Next the outer pocket is sewn onto theoutside of the external material 36. Once that is done, the reversesides of both the interior lining material 38 and external material 36are sewn together wherein the inside outer raw edges are now sewnoutside. One section of the octagon is not sewn to allow the garment tobe turned inside out. The raw edges are then tucked and sewn togetherwhich closes the last hole of the octagon. The octagon is now folded inhalf. Once folded the two loose edges opposite the fold are sewntogether and attached. Lastly, both sides of the octagon are partiallysewn on the bottom half of each side creating a hand size opening 32 ontwo opposite sides of the octagon, thereby creating the pull-over pouch30 in accordance with the present invention. The internal liningmaterial for the pull-over pouch 30 may be envisioned to be 100%polyester Sherpa wool or any other warm cozy material for the insidewhile the outside material for pull-over pouch 30 may be the same ordifferent than the material for the pull-over 10.

While the present invention has been particularly described inconjunction with a specific preferred embodiment, it is evident thatmany alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent tothose skilled in the art in light of the foregoing description. It istherefore contemplated that the appended claims will embrace any suchalternatives, modifications and variations as falling within the truescope and spirit of the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A pull-over pouch for temporary insertion intothe pocket of a pull-over comprising: A pouch shaped from a material inthe same configuration as the pocket of the pull-over wherein said pouchis dimensioned equal in size that of the pull-over pockets size forinsertion into the pull-over pocket whereby insertion into the pull-overpocket is a snug fit.
 2. The pull-over pouch according to claim 1wherein said pouch is fabricated from a group consisting of polyester,cotton, nylon material, or some synthetic material.
 3. The pull-overpouch according to claim 1 wherein said pouch is in the shape of a halfoctagon.
 4. The pull-over pouch of claim 1, wherein the material forsaid pouch is selected from a group consisting of a wool material, acotton material, a nylon-type material, a fire-retardant material, amoisture absorbing material, a synthetic material, and a fleecematerial.
 5. The pull-over pouch of claim 1, where the material for saidpouch is different than material for the pull-over pocket.
 6. Thepull-over pouch of claim 1, wherein said pouch may have at least oneouter pocket.
 7. The pull-over pouch of claim 1, wherein said pouch hasat least one outer pocket and wherein said outer pocket has at least onere-closeable means, and wherein said re-closeable means is selected froma group consisting of a zip, a Velcro, a snap-type button, and a slider.8. The pull-over pouch of claim 1, wherein said pouch is dimensionedsmaller in size than the size of the pull-over pocket for insertion intothe pull-over pocket whereby insertion into the pull-over pocket is asnug fit.
 9. A method for fabricating a pull-over pouch for snuglyfitting into a pocket of a pull-over for insertion of a wearers hands,comprising the steps of: cutting out of a fabricate an exterior pouchpattern that when folded in half matches approximately the shape of thepocket of the pull-over; cutting out of a fabricate an interior pouchpattern that matches approximately said shape of said exterior pouchpattern; sewing said exterior pouch pattern to said interior pouchpattern along edges of said patterns wherein the two patterns are sewntogether to allow said pouch to be turned inside out and create handsized openings; and turning said pouch inside out and sewing shut thoseunsewn edges to create a closed pouch which allows for insertion of thewearers hands when fitted into the pocket of a pull-over.
 10. The methodaccording to claim 9 further includes the step of selecting a fabricatefor cutting said external pouch pattern is chosen from the groupcomprising, a wool material, a cotton material, a nylon-type material, afire-retardant material, a moisture absorbing material, a syntheticmaterial or a fleece material or any other suitable textile material.11. The method according to claim 9 further includes the step of sewingon an outer pocket to said exterior pouch pattern.
 12. The methodaccording to claim 9 further includes the step of selecting a fabricatefor cutting said interior pouch pattern is chosen from the groupcomprising, 100% polyester Sherpa wool or any other warm cozy material.13. The pull-over pouch according to claim 9 further includes the stepof cutting said exterior pouch pattern in a shape corresponding to anoctagon.
 14. The pull-over pouch according to claim 11 further includesthe step of adding to said outer pocket has at least one re-closeablemeans.
 15. The pull-over pouch according to claim 11 wherein saidre-closeable means is selected from a group consisting of a zip, aVelcro, a snap-type button, and a slider.